Household metabolism: Integrating socio-economic characteristics and lifestyles on individual and national scales as a mean for advancing environmental management.

摘要: Most consumption activities are related, at least to some degree, households. A nalyzing households' metabolism - the direct and indirect materials energy flows its byproducts identifying key shaping factors of that can serve as foundation for examining various measures environmental management. Recent research reviews emphasized several important issues, limitations existing studies, need be considered overcome part further development analysis including: methods, focus, scale, analysis, potential management implementation. This article aims contributing growing household scientific literature by illustrating directions advance identified issues limitations. It focuses on Israeli sector a case study. Following limitations, includes flow materials, water, land selected including greenhouse gases air pollutants. integrates specific households components (food, electricity transportation related materials) with national scale. explores contribution (e.g., income, size) lifestyles young or old low-income couples, large wealthy mature households) demographic overall population share consisting couple elderly people in metabolism). Such integration contribute advancing relevant socio-economic changing use this approach mean sustainability.